Hi Sonnet,

I'm the author of the KillFile hack for vB. I have to deal with trolls and malcontents all the time and my users really dig the KillFile-- not only for the actual ignore process, but for the threat it makes to the trolls' livelihood. If no one is reading their trash, what's the point of posting?

I'm also a fan of mass pruning the messages to make their work worthless when they go on a turbo spree.. recently I've also had to try a site-wide ignore. I ran a query to add this user's handle to everyone's ignore list-- so effectively he got a reverse ban. Only those who chose to take him off ignore would have to read his filth.

Next version of KillFile will integrate with showthread so their messages don't even show up on the list-- unfortunately it will be an option since it will add a query to the process. This update won't be in progress until 2.0 of course, no reason to hack the old code.

I like your other ideas on banning, very innovative.. unfortunately you are right, it is tough to be effective. Luckily my latest troll is not computer savvy at all and doesn't even know about proxies (shhhhh). I had him baffled for a week because he didn't know about cookies and I put an if/exception in the code that prevented him from logging out to create a new handle. Now I get up in the morning with him, prune his posts, ban his username (he has his own accessgroup- Suckers- so I don't have to actually delete his user), and wait for him to catch the bus to school. No harm done, the users hardly know he was around, and soon enough he will get bored of the game.